Wireless Power, Software Automation Engineer
Apple
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA · New York, USA · San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA · Multiple locations
Posted on May 23, 2026
Apple is a place where extraordinary people team up to do their best work. Together we build products and experiences people once could not have envisioned, and now cannot imagine living without. Our team is a diverse collection of mechanical, software, and instrumentation engineers that are focused on automation. Innovation and continuous development are key things on our day to day life at Apple. We strive to develop tools and infrastructure that streamlines the design and development of wireless power technologies found on iPad, iPhone, iPhone accessories, AirPods, and Apple Watch.
In this role, you will work cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, and software engineers to develop and integrate best in class automation tools. You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and continuously improving software infrastructure. You will ensure high quality and agility with software architecture, unit, integration, validation, and automation tests.
- Passion about developing tools and process for increase efficiency
- Strong interests in developing new automation features, maintaining existing code, and fixing bugs
- Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Good at documenting and presenting software architecture and decisions
- Proficiency on Python programming.
- Experience with database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or similar).
- Experience developing test automation including equipment drivers, debug tools, automation scripts, database interfaces, and reporting tools.
- Experience using, and a basic understanding of the theory of operation of, wireless test lab equipment (spectrum analyzer, signal generator, network analyzer, power meter).
- BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
- Experience with other languages a plus (C/C++, MatLab or similar)
- Experience running automated testing systems and robots
- Knowledge of large data storage a plus (Amazon S3 or similar)
- Knowledge of web based applications like REST APIs
- Passion for software architecture, APIs and high performance modular software
- Basic knowledge of Inductive or Wireless Power Transfer is an advantage